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Nick Wright
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Welcome in what's Right with Nick Wright Episode 396 this episode as always is presented to you by our friends at Boost Mobile on this holiday week. So a little bit of a different schedule this week. Today's show. Obviously as normally planned. However, this will be a two show week, not a three show week. Because of Thanksgiving we will have our pick show that will come out Wednesday. So Wednesday we will drop our week 13 picks after a very successful week 12 pick show that got us above 500 on the year Demons. A back to 500 with the teasers. We were this close to Were we this close to a 30 weekend? I think we were. I'm going to double check. Yeah, I this close to a three and oh weekend or five and oh weekend? Pardon me. We ended three one and one. We'll discuss that on the picture. Demanza's teaser covered easily. So all that coming to you Wednesday. And I will be flying out on Wednesday to Los Angeles and to see Daman's a to see baby Mila and maybe as early as next week. Demand could be back to the pod certainly before the stretch run of the NFL season. But a ton to do today and unlike last week, the Chiefs are not coming off a devastating heart wrenching keep me up at night loss. So we will start with the Chiefs instead of with the NBA. I know that annoyed some of you last week. I want to make this clear it's totally legitimate that it annoyed some of you. Last week it would have annoyed me too. But you know what? It's my damn show. Straight to voicemail. Brought to you by Boost Mobile Luca Nutmegging old man Kevin Love. Can somebody get Kevin Love out of Utah and get him on a team that has a pulse please. Actually Utah, to be fair has a bit of a pulse but on a team that could maybe, you know, at least he could have a little more fun on. Jameis has the play of the year catching a touchdown pass and the Pistons Shout out Greg Jennings. He needed a win this week. The Pistons match Fran their franchise record win streak at 13. A reminder to all of you in this holiday season, the single best gift you can give us is subscribing to the show. Whether that be on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify. Honestly, best case scenario for us, subscribe on YouTube and then also whatever your favorite audio platform is. We do greatly appreciate that. It's just an added bonus if you like rate or like or rate the show. But really the subscriptions do help us out. So we start with the Chiefs saving their season because while they would not have been mathematically eliminated and I probably would have even convinced myself, well if they just go six and oh down the stretch they'll make the playoffs. Which is true by the way, 11 wins almost assuredly will get a man and five and six, they would have still been alive for 11 wins. That would have been a season ending loss. Dominating the time of possession, dominating the yardage battle and just not making championship plays would have signaled that this Chiefs team simply doesn't have the juice of Chiefs teams in years past. Thankfully, however, they are the Chiefs. They do still have Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones and Andy Reid. And despite fumbling inside the five yard line while trailing by 11 in the fourth quarter, they then played perfect defensive football. Good but not great offensive football and it was enough to potentially derail is probably too strong, but really throw a wrench in this magical indie season and give Kansas City a chance to in 48 hours be for the first time or just the second time all year, two games above.500 really have their head above water and be able to have the mini buy take a deep breath before a very difficult stretch run of final five games. Two of which are cupcakes, the Titans and the Raiders and three of which are teams fighting for exactly what the Chiefs are fighting for. AFC playoff spots and AFC playoff seating with games against the Texans, Chargers and Broncos. So how did they do it? Because right now they are still the 10 seed. They went into the week the nine seed, but they come out of the week despite the win the 10 seed because every because the Texans won. The the Chargers were off, the Jags won. We'll get to those games later. So how did they do it? They did it because the defense absolutely shut down start to finish. Jonathan Taylor in one of the most impressive defensive performances any team has had all year. They allowed 20, but seven of them were on a drive that started at the three thanks to Patrick's interception and so to essentially hold the highest scoring, highest yardage, most efficient offense in the NFL, 13 points without forcing a turnover is just a remarkable job by that chief's defense. And for the Colts to have the ball up 11 and go run, pass, pass and then have the ball up three and go pass, pass, pass and then have the ball up three again and go pass, pass before you go to overtime and you go pass, run, run, it's just, it is a testament to the fact that the Chiefs defense was able to convince the Colts by the fourth quarter of this game you're simply not going to get Jonathan Taylor going. But it also, and it also was a testament to the fact that the Chiefs defense, right or wrong, simply said Daniel Jones, go ahead and beat us, we don't think you can. And he couldn't. And that gave the Chiefs offense and Patrick just enough bites at the apple that they were able to overcome a really sloppy game. Not just the turnovers, but the red zone inefficiency, the missed open guys and the herky jerky nature of the offense. And Rasheed Rice in the second half of that game, really for the first time maybe since his suspension, certainly since his first game back from the suspension, looked like the player that we saw at the end of his rookie year and the beginning of last season before he got injured, which is just a dynamic elite yard after catch player. Xavier Worthy made a huge play. Noah freaking Gray made a catch while unconscious, which is still one of the more remarkable feats of this NFL season. And. The Chiefs offense did just enough against the Lu Anumo Colts defense to where they're now stabilized by the way, that is now four consecutive wins by Patrick against Luana Rumo, his alleged Kryptonite, four wins in a row. After losing the first three games he faced against him, he's now 14 straight. But the story of the game is the defense, the fact that The Colts had 133 and outs all year going into that game, which is remarkable. And I don't know how many they had total in the game, but I do know they had four straight to end the game. And Chris Jones, who has been, I think it's fair to say, underwhelming this year picked a hell of a time to make his biggest impact. And listen, I know I was watching the game with Danny and Danny was, you know, we were talking about the Chiefs and whether or not, you know, I think they have another gear and just why I think the offense hasn't looked quite as good and I made the point and this, maybe this is an excuse. Maybe it's a justification, but there's just not a lot of comparisons for it. I made the point of I do think the Chiefs and this can apply to the coaches and the players have to play a different style and a different brand of football than every other team in the league because they are going on what they Hope is their eighth consecutive 20 game season and the ability to peak at the end of the year, to have your key guys healthy at the end of the year, to have enough juice left in the tank. And I bring that up with Chris because it is totally fair to say Chris Jones has not lived up this season to his reputation, to his contract, to, you know, all of those things. But also, and I know this is not apples to oranges, but when you see the impact 120 game super high usage season has on a guy like Saquon Barkley and more on him in a bit and you see the Lions, it's like man, couple really good years and now they seem to be scuttling a bit. The Rams, who have been unbelievable, had a, you know, in the midst of from when they won the super bowl to right now where they are the, you know, the super bowl favorites, they, they had a year where they won what, six games where it all came apart for a season. And so listen, maybe Chris was just not playing well or maybe there is a level of man, I'm a 30 something year old D tackle that's played the equivalent of eight seasons in the last seven and I, I need to make sure I have a gear that I can get to come Thanksgiving time. I don't know. I just do know that by year eight of the Patriots run, so the Patriots initial run, 01 through 08, they had a year in there where they missed the playoffs. They had another year in there where they lost in round their first playoff game. They had another year in there where they lost in round two and then eight, they missed the playoffs entirely. When Tom gets hurt. Oh, 9 and 10 are disappointing. Short playoff runs don't make a conference championship game. And then from 11 to 18 they go on their eight straight conference championship appearances, five Super Bowls, three victories, which is, you know, the Chiefs have done the five Super Bowls, three victories in seven years and by 2018 that team was leaking some oil. And by 2019 they were done, just done losing to Ryan Tannehill at home in the playoffs type of done. And so I just, I think it's very, very difficult to watch the Chiefs and, and determine are they just not as good as or you know, have have the have the games caught up to them or are they likely as they have to be fair every other year of, you know, as this dynasty has gotten to your 5, 6, 7 simply have an extra gear for the playoffs and for the late in the season. Now for Kansas City, the playoffs really have started. It's not single elimination, but it's damn close to double elimination and the Cowboys game is going to be really hard. I don't think the Cowboys defense is quite as good as it has looked the last two weeks, but it's obviously improved and that Cowboys offense is exceptional and really good pocket passing quarterbacks have given Kansas City some trouble as far as the inability to get off the field, the inability to generate a pass rush. So I don't think that Cowboys game is anything close to a cinch. However, I do think that if both the Cowboys and the Chiefs are coming off season saving for the time being, stirring home comebacks and then a very short turnaround to what will be the most watched regular season game in the history of professional football. Cowboys Chiefs on Thanksgiving I do think the Chiefs are more likely to handle the jubilation of the win and the short week and the stage. They're more likely to handle that game with professionalism and attention that it deserves than Dallas's. And I also think that while the Chiefs offense has been uneasy or uneven, I should say when they have played bad defenses, they've looked exceptional. 37 on the Ravens, 28 and should have been 38 on the Jags, 30 on the Lions, 31 on the Raiders, 28 on the Commanders. Now you can say the Bills have a bad defense, but the Bill's bad defense is its run defense and the Chiefs aren't really built to take advantage of that. So should be a great game. Cowboys barely holding on to any playoff hope. The Chiefs have real reason for optimism, but they got to win Thursday. But it all would have been moot had they lost to the Colts. And the Colts. On the other hand, I called them the 2024 Vikings early in the year and I'll go ahead and stand by that. And I I think the Colts, I think they'll be fine. But what I do know is their final six and they have my opinion. The Colts started looking shaky three weeks ago. They lost to the Steelers. They got very fortunate to win against the Falcons in Berlin in overtime. They lost to the Chiefs and now they go Texans, Jags, Seahawks, Niners, Jags, Texans. Six straight games against teams playing for something. Four divisional games, three total road games Colts Colts need need a win on Sunday against a Texans defense that's going to be extra arrested and feeling the best it's felt all year and they should have C.J. stroud back. Today's show is brought to you by our presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. There are three things to be thankful for this week. Family, Food, Football. Thanks to Hard Rock Bet, you can easily sneak in bets while your crazy uncle goes on his annual rant about the good old days. Sign up today and you could feast with 150 in bonus bets. Just place a five dollar bet. If it hits, you get not only your winnings but also 150 in extra bonus bets. And that's an offer you cannot pass up, even on a full stomach. Not sure what to place your first bet? 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Right, the Eagles blew it against Dallas. There's no other way to put it. And the Eagles. Here is my takeaway, honestly, from that Eagles game. AJ Brown is not wrong. There is something wrong with Philly's offense. Phillies offense this year has eight halves. They've played 24, obviously. No, actually that's not obvious and I think it's wrong. So they've already had a buy. So they've played 22 in eight of their 22 halves. So more than a third they have scored seven or fewer points. They have three scoreless halves of football. Only the Titans are worse. And there are they do not have Saquon to save them this year. I know he's on the team. He ain't saving them. And this was the most predictable year over year decline imaginable. Literally every running back save one in NFL history that has had Saquon's type of workload last year saw a significant drop. The following year a lot of guys, their production dropped by half. That's what we're staring at with Saquon. And while the passing game at times looks dynamic, they just can't string together a whole game. And right or wrong, Sirianni consistently shows us with his decision making that for some reason or another, he does not fully trust Jalen. And the end of the half was bizarre. You have 18 seconds, you have the ball in the 30, and in today's NFL you're 25 yards away from field goal range. We know you think Jake Elliott's got a big leg because later in the game you issued a fourth and five attempt to kick a field goal. And Sirianni's explanation after the game was, well, the Cowboys kicker is such a big leg, we don't want to leave them. Time. There was 18 seconds. There was no scenario at all except for a turnover where the Cowboys were going to touch the ball, much less kick a field goal. Even if you just threw four consecutive incomplete passes, that takes 18 seconds. Like so that didn't make sense. And Philly is obviously in good shape because of the division they're in. So they're, they're, they're going to be a good seed. They're going to be a division champion. They still have three games left against the Commanders and Raiders. They're going to finish with a gaudy record. I'm not worried honestly about any of those, those things. But the flashing siren that's been what is up with this offense continues to go off.
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Doug
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Nick Wright
Now getting Lane Johnson back, if you get him back in a month or so, that should help. But he's only been gone one game. And. If I'm Philly, here's the other thing that I hate about this loss. My path to the one seed is now so much trickier. In fact I'm going to look the Wilds has got me going to this as my go to but and I've always kind of actually liked this but I used to use Football Outsiders or Aaron Schatz's but the New York Times playoff predictor, they have the Eagles at 26% for the one seed, the Rams up to 57%. That's a big deal. The extra playoff game plus not having the huge edge of potentially a warm weather contender having to come to your building and right now the, you know, projected playoff field of the Eagles being the 2 seed and hosting either the Lions or the Niners. I wouldn't love either of those spots if I were Philly. And by the way, speaking of the Niners, just real quick, I have never been proven more right more times than every time the Niners trot out either Mac Jones or Brock Purdy or all of last season for what was once such a controversial hot button. Take that. Brock Purdy is not a force multiplier and is a Kyle Shanahan Niners amazing skill, position, player creation. The last year seeing him without those great players, this year seeing Mac Jones outplay him and then last night seeing him throw three picks. It's just every single time. And I, I know the, the arguments I've won because they start becoming less and less prominent on the TV show. I'm like okay, the cost of being the annoying guy is when you just smoke your two much more likable co hosts in a multi year argument. You, you, you just have to, you have to take the win but take the win graciously, which I'm not always great at. So Philly, I, I don't know. And here's the other, the, the other piece. It can't all be on the offensive coordinator in Philly. I'm not saying Petullo is doing a great job but if he's doing that bad of a job then Sirianni takeover. But you have an offensive minded head coach, you have a quarterback that carries himself like Michael Jordan. Figure it out. You have too much talent on that offense. That's an awful loss. And Dallas on the other hand I right now the Quinn and Williams trade is aging great. He's been excellent. I was not a fan of that trade. I still am not a fan of that trade. But right now it is looking really good. But the story for Dallas is Daxman the second best quarterback in the NFL. This year it's been Stafford. One DAK two and it is as simple as that. He's been that good and he has a legitimate second team all pro case. And in that game Sunday he became the Cowboys all time leading passer, which sounds about right. Hey guys, you ever notice how everything keeps going up? Rents going up? Streaming services are going up. 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Even though man oh man, if you are trying, if you are basing your Shador takes off what gets engagement, it's it's a very hard. Flame to avoid. So if you just I mean this is anecdotal, obviously, but yesterday's first things first clips on Twitter, if I'm just looking at it by retweets or comments, see, and I'm not going to say what the topics were, but just see if you can guess which one was the Shador topic. Number of retweets and comments total on the first things first clips from yesterday's show clip 1 199. Clip 226 clip 344 clip 449 clip 536 clip 785 clip 933 clip 12 or clip 10 sorry 32 clip 11 1,158 clip 1265 clip 1337 clip 14172 one of those stick out to you guys gets the people going. And so I also think part of that the reason that that commentary has gotten so snake eating it's tailish is there are a lot of folks who their only outlet is their social media feed and so all they have to go on is reaction to things they put out on social media. And so because of that they they're like, well this is what people want and this is what people have strong opinions on. The Shador thing to me is very, very simple and I will do it as efficiently as possible. Shador the player compared to Gabriel and why Shador should be the starter. There is absolutely no chance, none, that Dylan Gabriel is ever a an above average NFL starter. I it would be delightful if Dylan proves me wrong. If you know Dylan Gabriel's friends or family see this clip, he uses it for motivation, grows a few inches and gets a lot better and then you can be like Nick, you idiot, that's fine. I think it's zero percent that he's ever an above average NFL starter and I think it's close to zero percent that he's ever even just a full time starter. It doesn't mean that's a bad draft pick. If he can just be a competent backup stopgap quarterback that's worth a third round pick. So that's Gabriel Shador has just enough traits and just enough collegiate pedigree and just enough oh wow, look at that play that I give him a 5% chance, 5% 1 in 20 of being a plus starter and a 10 to 15% chance of being a full time starter for somebody the Browns or otherwise be that and that alone is enough to say, all right, let's use these last half dozen games to see what Shador has before we make massive decisions this off season with our multiple first round picks. So in that regard I I greatly prefer Shador to Gabriel for the Browns right now with what they're trying to do. Let's take one, take two. What did I think of Shador's game? I thought it was fine. He had one really nice chunk play over the middle. Another potentially really nice chunk play to Jerry Judy. That was a really nice chunk play until Judy started celebrating early and fumbled. He had one grizzly interception and then two swing passes, one of which went for a 60 yard touchdown, the other of which damn near got the Raiders back in the game. A bit of a mixed bag. And he was fine, but that being fine was the most important thing. What he couldn't be was awful or in way over his skis and he wasn't. And so that's positive. And then there is the third point which is Shador's disposition or personality or comments before and after the game. And I don't think. That Shador means any harm and I do think he is a very likable guy and from all accounts a really good guy. And I think he has handled growing up very rich and very famous better than most young people would. I believe that. I also think that while I always encourage confidence, particularly in athletes, particularly in guys that want to be starting quarterbacks, some of Shador's comments have butted up against what I believe to be and maybe he'll prove me wrong delusion so should door really harping on imagine what it'll look like when I have a full offseason. Imagine what it will look like when I have all the practice reps assumes to get a little litigious for a moment. Some facts not in evidence. Most notably that at any point in the near or even distant future, but certainly near future, that you're going to be a team's unquestioned starter, which the only way you're getting all the off season reps, all the practice reps is if you are the unequivocal QB one for a team. And I do not think that Shedor is on the doorstep of that. And I also think if I had to crystal ball it and say 10 years out, is it more likely or than not that there will ever be a season where Shador is simply a team's incumbent un no competition involved starting quarterback? I don't think that's going to happen. Shador clearly does and good for him for believing it. I I don't. It's not that I didn't like the comments he made before and after the game because I thought they were arrogant. I didn't like the comments he made because I thought he it showed that he hasn't come to grips with where he is in the NFL quarterback hierarchy. So like. Unless he just absolutely balls out in a way that would be truly unprecedented for a 5th round rookie and would be top 5 percentile for any rookie of any round at that position over the final six weeks, he is not going to enter next year as the clear cut starter for any team. And it is going to take a some really special performances over this last six weeks for the Browns to decide. We are not spending a first round pick on a quarterback next year and we are not trading for Kyler Murray or bringing in, you know, this year's version of Daniel Jones, whatever it is. And so I, I while I find Shador's biggest detractors to be typically bad people and I find Shador's biggest supporters to be typically very annoying people, I am rooting for him. But I think, I mean we'll see how these this next month goes. But I, I think that he would serve himself well if at least internally and psychologically he reset his own personal expectations to where man, next year I'm going to go into camp as the clear cut number two somewhere and then maybe by year three there I will be able to compete for a starting job somewhere. That to me is a far more realistic and achievable path than imagine when I'm getting all the reps as the starter buddy. I don't know that that's happening ever. And then of course the story of the game was the 10 sacks from the Browns. I listen, I said that I thought Miles Garrett might break the sack record against the Raiders in their effort to make sure he didn't. Everyone else, you know, got Gino, he had three. He's going to break the record. And I he the fact that he's only minus 850 for defensive player of the year surprises me. I think there's, I actually think there is value in that because I think he could get hurt next week and still win it.
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Doug
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Nick Wright
Is that guy with the binoculars watching us?
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Doug
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Nick Wright
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Nick Wright
All right, the other news of the weekend was John Morant calling Klay Thompson a bum. And they're back and forth and I have two takes here before we get to the other NFL games. That will do in quick hitter fashion. Take one is this if you think John Morant was a better player than Klay Thompson. I don't respect your basketball opinion.
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Doug
Opinion.
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Nick Wright
It's an iq. It's a basketball IQ test. First of All I'm not. The only way you could have that opinion is if you're basically being like who would win a one on one game? And I'm not certain that peak jaw against peak Clay, that peak jaw would win. He probably would, but because of the athleticism. But sh. But Clay's defense, shooting and size would have him right there. But there is. But who gives a shit who would win a one on one game? Klay Thompson was the more complete player. Obviously the more mature player understood how to play winning basketball was the better teammate. All of the above. So that's just about the. The, the children and fools on the Internet that are like, well, Ja has a point. You guys don't know what you're watching. The second point. We are approaching DEFCON 1 for JAWS career in a way. I cannot remember a player his caliber because he was a great player. Great player. That the only guys who have his caliber who have blown it up like this, like he appears to be trying to do it was because of drugs or injury. Like this is a clumsy comp, but I'll stand by it. He is barreling towards a poor man's version of the Derrick Rose trajectory. Except it'd be instead of blowing out your knee, you're just an asshole. Like Derrick Rose, who won an MVP by the way, who made a conference finals, who was on a 60 win team. His career got derailed because he blew his knee out. And before he blew his knee out, ran into LeBron at his apex. Jaws just being a fool. And it's a damn shame. And I don't know that I have much of a comp for it across sports, usually drugs or injury. This is neither. This is rank immaturity. All right, let me quickly get to these other games and then we're going to. We'll do our pick show tomorrow. Rams beat the Bucks, Baker's injured, my beloved Bucks are in trouble, and Stafford has one mv. I mean, it's too early to say he's one mvp. It would be shocking if he doesn't win mvp. I don't know what those odds are, but right now I would if you could do it. I'm not sure if our friends at Hard Rock bet allow this, but if you could parlay Stafford MVP plus Miles Garrett defensive player of the Year and get, you know, plus anything on it, I'd like that a lot. Patriots beat the Bengals in one of the Patriots least impressive games of the year. And only scoring 19 on that Bengals defense. Not great. You might be like, well, they won 26 20. There was a May pick six and later there was a Flacco pick six. The Bengals. Man, I'd be so Jamar Chase had a very nice apology letter that seems sincere. But I'd be so mad at Jamar Chase if I were a Bengals fan because I think they can win that game if he's there and then you're four and seven about to play the Ravens and potentially just be a game out of the playoffs. Packers beat the Vikings 23 6. J.J. mcCarthy legitimately might be the single worst player in the entire NFL. Packers defense is unbelievable. Packers offense still a little shaky and Lions beat the Giants in a bad win. Great job by Jamar G. Jameer Gibbs. Jamis probably should have been the Giant starter week one, not Russell Wilson. And Jamis should be a starter somewhere next year. But the Vikings, they might. You know the last time a super high first round pick only got one year was Josh Rosen and his team replaced him with Kyler Murray. That's the last time this happened. It might happen again. Getting only one year because he didn't play last year because he might get replaced by Kyler Murray again because he could Kyler could go to the Vikings. The other quick hitters Monday Night Football we talked about a bit. The Panthers. Good job, good effort on the season. You were competitive, but you're done. And the Niners are frisky. As long as Christian McCaffrey is healthy and Kyle Shanahan's calling plays and Bob Solo is calling the defense, they're frisky. Purdy is concerning the oh, we didn't talk about Texans Bills. And listen, I know we all know the rules, guys. When Josh Allen's great, he's the most talented quarterback ever and when he's bad, it's Brandon bean and Sean McDermott's fault. He was bad against the Texans. That that Texans defense is also ferocious and that's another that's a scary team down the stretch with the defense playing that way. Seahawks beat the Titans 30 to 24 in a game that was not nearly that close. Cam Ward actually played well. I thought that was one of the better Cam Ward games of the year. Seahawks had full control. Jackson Smith and Jigba may be stealing the offensive player of the year from Jonathan Taylor. Possibly. Ravens beat the Jets 23:10 and a game. The jets were in a ridiculous fourth down call by Aaron Glenn when the Ravens offense had done nothing combined with a Breeze hall fumble made it to where the jets, you know, squandered where what could have been a close fourth quarter. Something's wrong with the Ravens offense and Lamar has him in. Lamar Bears beat the Steelers. I knew Aaron Rodgers it was idiotic for him to play. He didn't Play. Steelers scored 28:21 on offense seven because of a terrible Caleb fumble and the Bears get to 8 and 3 Jags beat the Cardinals 2724 in a game that I don't want to talk about for two reasons. One is Trevor was terrible but more importantly I I don't want to get into the full details of this, but had the Cardinals won that game I would have won $34,000 and watching how that game ended was difficult to deal with. God that that that's a little pit. I didn't lose. I I lost less than a grand. But I add I did a very foolish multi leg moneyline parlay that when that game went to overtime every other leg was already in and you guys know I'm on team, never ever cash out under any circumstances. So we let that sucker ride and that was a painful one. Falcons beat the Saints 24:10 in a game I didn't watch one second of. So that covers week 12 in the NFL. We will do our pick show that will air tomorrow. So be on the lookout for that like rate, subscribe Review. Make sure you get our pick show in your feed. A huge shout out to Volume and the Blue Duck. And of course our great sponsors Hard Rock, Vet Boost, Wayfair and Zen. See you guys tomorrow for our week 13 pick show. Look, if you smoke or dip, I'm going to give you a few good reasons to try Zyn Nicotine Pouches. First, Zyn is America's number one nicotine pouch brand and Zen offers an unbelievable rewards program. There's a lot of options for nicotine satisfaction, but there's only one Zen. Visit zen.com find to find Zen at a store near you. Again that zone zen.com find zyn spelled z y N this product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. What a matchup we got y'. All. This is that classic HBCU vibe. Non stop action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit Chance echo drum beat everybody. Showing that school pride Game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo no matter the.
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Doug
Sport no matter the yard.
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Nick Wright
Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride going.
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Doug
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Nick Wright
Friday game day is coming to prime with an epic day of live sports. Black Friday football is back with a Chicago Chicago Bears taking on the Philadelphia Eagles at 3pm Eastern followed by an Emirates NBA cup doubleheader. Bucs Knicks at 7pm and Mavs Lakers at 10pm and the whole day starts with the Capital One Skins game as four elite PGA golfers meet with $4 million on the line. Black Friday game day, the Capital One Skins game at 9am Bears Eagles NFL action at 3pm and the final night of Emirates NBA cup group play with Bucs Knicks at 7 and Mavs Lakers at 10. Only on Prime. This is Julian Edelman from Games With Names. Football is back. That means it's tailgate time and this season the only meat I'm going to grill is deets and Watson. I'm loving the Black Angus Dietz dogs. They're flavor packed and you can tell.
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Doug
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